Re: Bad pilots, bad maintenance ruining general aviation

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Re: Bad pilots, bad maintenance ruining general aviation

Posted on: Tue, 05 Jun 2007 23:11:27 -0700

Mxsmanic wrote:

> hummingbird writes:
>
>
>>On Tue, 05 Jun 2007 15:50:02 +0200 'Mxsmanic'
>>posted this onto rec.travel.air:
>>
>>
>>>If you must fly, make sure you know what you are doing, and don't take stupid
>>>risks. And make sure that the aircraft you're flying is in flyable (safe)
>>>condition. Otherwise there eventually won't be any general aviation any more.
>>
>>How does one do that?
>
>
> Sorry, I was thinking of pilots, not passengers. If you're a passenger on a
> GA private aircraft, you can at least make sure you trust the pilot and think
> he's pretty good at what he does, and watch to ensure that he checks out the
> airplane (and obviously if the aircraft looks iffy to you, nothing prevents
> you from saying something about it).
>
> Lots of people have pilot licenses, but unfortunately just having a license
> doesn't make someone a good pilot.

Are most people better judges of pilot skills than the FAA inspectors?

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